Hatcher & Co. v. Independence National Bank of Philadelphia

Simmons, Justice.

The defendant in error brought seven suits in the city court of Macon, against Hatcher & Co., upon eight promissory notes, aggregating $2,388.60. Before the trial of the case in the court below, the judge, on motion of the plaintiff, and over the objection of the defendants, passed an order consolidating the seven suits into one. The defendants filed several pleas to said suits, numbered one to seven inclusive. The pleas from one to five inclusive set up a defense to these notes as against the Taylor Manufacturing Company, alleging that the Taylor Manufacturing Company, by…